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SEAEIATOR AND TBAGK FOR SLIDING DORS.

Specinction of Letters Patent.

remotes npr. so, raie Application filed May 13, 1914. Serial No. 838,202.

To @ZZ ulmm, it' may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT Voio'r, a izen of the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, in the county of dings, city and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Separator and Trach- 'or Sliding Doors, of Which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the mounting ot' sliding doors, Vsuch as' sliding doors for slYA `v or wall cases and the like, and relates ularly to a combined' runway and seprator for the doors, and it is the object of invention to provide a runway and separator for the doors -Which is formed of a single piece of material, and which is simple and cheap in construction, neat in appearance and durable.

ln the drawing accompanying and forining a part of this specilcation, Figure l is a cross sectional view of a portion of a show case and its doors with my invention applied thereto. Fig, 2 is a perspective View of a. pair of doors in section and showing the preferred iorin ot' improved runway and separator in relation thereto; and Fig. 3 is :i View similar to Figs. l and 2 of the preferred forni of the combined door runway and separator.

' ir characters of reference designate lic pai-ts throughout the different views of li v the drawing.

ris already stated it the object of the present Y invention to provide combined runiiziy and separator for doors which are slidable relative to eff-.ch other, and in the embodiment 'V he ention illustrated in the drawing i lp-.ve e svn the seme in conn lon with a pair of doors 6, 7 of a show or n all case or the like, the top and bottom edges of said doors engaging in longitudin. grooves in the top 8 and base 9 of the ease.

ln the usual construction of show cases and the like the. lower edges of the doors engage directly in thegroove in the base, or are supported rpon rollers engaging in suoli groov as shown at 10 in Figs. l and 2.7 and in order to maintain the doors in pyoper spaced relation a rail, usually of nood. is tired in said groove to extend between the doors. Furthermore, the doors or the door-Supporting rollers slide or run uponthe bottom of the groove With the result that it soon becomes worn interfering with the easy operation of the doors.

It is the object of the present invention to overcome the above disadvantages and for this purpose l provide arunvvay and separator for the doors bent up or formed of a single piece of metal to a shape substantially T shaped in cross section. The preferred form of the runway is asbshown in Figs. 2 and 3 in which the sheet is bent at right angles to provide a central or body portion 1l and a portion 14 which latter portion .is bent reversely upon itself, as at 13, and then again bent upon itself, as at l2, tov-*ard the central portion ll so as to lie contiguous thereto thereby forming a central portion having laterally and oppositely extending portions or flanges along. one longitudinal edge, the flange portions l2, 14 extending substantially the same distance from the central portion il. The flanges have countersunk openings for fastening means, such as screws, to secure it in the oase g' ooves so that the flanges l2, 14 will form a lining for the bottom of the lower groove upon which the doors ordoor-supporting rollers engage, and forming the top ot' the groove in the top of the case, the central portion il. engaging between the doors, as Clearly shown in Figs. l and 2. By this construction it will be obvious that the runivaj upon which the doors or door-supporting rollers are supported consists of a double thickness of metal which will not be readily Worn by the to and fro movement of the doors or doorcarrying rollers.

To maintain the doors in a fixed spaced relation to each other the central body portion 11 rnay be provided with oppositely bullied portions to extend thereof, shown at 16, Fig. l.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

ln show cases and the like the combination with a pair of doors slidable relative to each other and a runway in which said doors engage, of a separator to extend belongitudinally tween the doors and having opposite right portion of the fight angle .to lie contiguous thereto to form a structure substantially Tv shaped in cross section.

f ALBERT VOGT. Witnesses:

JOHN O. SEIEERT, LAURA EL SMITH. 

